Posted March 9, 201411 yr Fortress of War (Russian: Брестская крепость; translit. Brestskaia krepost; festival title: The Brest Fortress) is a 2010 Russian war film.It recounts the events surrounding the June 1941 Defense of Brest Fortressagainst invading Wehrmacht forces in the opening stages of Operation Barbarossa, Nazi Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II. The movie is accompanied by in medias res narration from the perspective of (then) 15-year old Sasha Akimov, and mainly centers on three resistance zones holding out against the protracted German siege, headed by regiment commander Pyotr Gavrilov, the political commissar Yefim Fomin, and the head of the 9th frontier outpost, Andrey Mitrofanovich Kizhevatov.
August 27, 201510 yr One of the best war movie's I've ever seen!! 10/10 Worth watching! Similar to Enemy at the Gates!
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